Mihailo Mihaljević

Mihailo Mihaljević (Serbian Cyrillic: Михаило Михаљевић; 1748 – April 26, 1794) was an Austrian major (later colonel) of Serbian origin who led the Serbian Free Corps during the Austro-Turkish War (1788-1791).[1]

Biography

Map of the territories controlled by the Frejkors between 1789 - 1790.

Mihailo Mihaljević graduated from cadet school, and then served in a Petrovaradin regiment which was part of the Habsburg Military Frontier. He was a Slavonian general command for several years with the rank of major and later colonel in the Imperial Austrian Army.[2][3][4][5]

In the operations of the Austrian army in 1789, with the frigate Stanko, he ensured the attack on Belgrade via the Danube river, and then took part in the occupation of Paraćin, Jagodina, Ćuprija, Karanovac, Kruševac and Aleksinac, all in modern Serbia.[6] Among the many volunteers who enlisted in the corps were Aleksa Nenadović, Karađorđe Petrović, Stanko Arambašić, the prominent Radič Petrović and the most distinguished of all, Koča Anđelković.[7] The Orthodox clergy in Serbia supported the rebellion.[8]

Koča's militia quickly took over Palanka and Batočina, attacked Kragujevac, and reached the Constantinople road, cutting off the Ottoman army from the Sanjak of Niš and Sanjak of Vidin.[9]

Ultimately, the aforementioned Serbian volunteer corps had the legacy of promoting the creation of future paramilitaries, particularly in the First Serbian Uprising headed by Karađorđe.

In 1792, Colonel Mihaljević went on to organize the Serbian and Slavonian Freikorps with which he participated in the French Revolutionary Wars; while serving in that campaign, he was killed on 26 April 1794.

Source

  • Војна енциклопедија, том 5, стр. 453 (Serbian: Military Encyclopedia, Volume 5, page 453)

References

  1. ^ https://nauka.f.bg.ac.rs/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Culture-of-Remembrance-Visuality-and-Crisis-NBS.pdf#page=67
  2. ^ Nedeljković, Slaviša D.; Đorđević, Miloš Z. (27 November 2015). "Political Circumstances in the Pashaluk of Belgrade on the Eve of Serbian Revolution (1787-1804)/Политичке Прилике У Београдском Пашалуку У Предвечерје Српске Револуције (1787-1804)". Teme: 965–979.
  3. ^ Paul W. Schroeder (1996). The Transformation of European Politics, 1763-1848. Oxford University Press. pp. 58–59. ISBN 978-0-19-820654-5.
  4. ^ Društvo, Srpsko Učeno (1866). Glasnik Srpskoga učenog društva. Vol. 20. pp. 69–.
  5. ^ Ljubo Mihić (1987). Kozara: priroda, čovjek, istorija. Dnevnik. prosarska i kozarska milicija
  6. ^ https://nauka.f.bg.ac.rs/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Culture-of-Remembrance-Visuality-and-Crisis-NBS.pdf#page=67
  7. ^ Ćorović 2001.
  8. ^ Slobodan Mileusnić (1994). Medieval monasteries of Serbia. Prometej. p. 100. ISBN 9788676391479.
  9. ^ Nebojša Damnjanović; Vladimir Merenik (2004). The first Serbian uprising and the restoration of the Serbian state. Historical Museum of Serbia, Gallery of the Serbian Academy of Science and Arts. p. 46. ISBN 9788670253711.